February 28, 1845 ~ Friday

28^th It was on this [day that] [page smudged] I Paid Mitten
& that the meeting or council was held &
McGoughy cut off instead of the 27^th.

March 1, 1845 ~ Saturday

March 1^st 1845. My Birth Day
Aged 38 Years. Born March 1^st 1807

[FIGURE] I recieved a letter to day from a friend
containing a copy of a letter Dated Pittsburgh
Jan 30, 45 written by John Greenhow at
Pittsburgh to his Father in Kendal Stating that
he was getting the doctrins & Covenants
Steroetyped in that place & was going to bring
the plates to England to Print the work here
& get the copyright secured so that the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints could not
Print them. This certainly is a bold move
for an apostate or apostates to undertake to
Print the works of the Church & rob them out
of it. I view it nothing more than the mercy
of God in Putting the knowledge of this thing
into my hands, I spent the day in examining
the Law to see what I could learn concerning
securing copy rights. walked 8 miles

March 2, 1845 ~ Sunday

2nd Sunday I dreamed last night of seeing
two large smakes [snakes] coming out of a large tree
their object seemed to be to bite me soon
a third one appeared, but I thought they had
no power to harm me soon I met another
one which I draged with my foot a long distance
in the road he tried to bite me. I soon trod on
his neck he run his tongue out but, I killed him

February 28, 1845 ~ Friday

28th It was on this day that page smudged I Paid Mitten & that the meeting or council was held & McGoughy cut off instead of the 27th.

March 1, 1845 ~ Saturday

March 1st 1845. My Birth Day Aged 38 Years. Born March 1st 1807

[FIGURE] I recieved a letter to day from a friend containing a copy of a letter Dated Pittsburgh Jan 30, 45 written by John Greenhow at Pittsburgh to his Father in Kendal Stating that he was getting the doctrins & Covenants Sterotyped in that place & was going to bring the plates to England to Print the work here & get the copyright secured so that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints could not Print them. This certainly is a bold move for an apostate or apostates to undertake to Print the works of the Church & rob them out of it. I view it nothing more than the mercy of God in Putting the knowledge of this thing into my hands, I spent the day in examining the Law to see what I could learn concerning securing copy rights. walked 8 miles

March 2, 1845 ~ Sunday

2nd Sunday I dreamed last night of seeing two large snakes coming out of a large tree their object seemed to be to bite me soon a third one appeared, but I thought they had no power to harm me soon I met another one which I draged with my foot a long distance in the road he tried to bite me. I soon trod on his neck he run his tongue out but, I killed him